St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-29
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The State ksks for Time in the Car
Driver Murder Case.
THE BARRETTS IN COURT
Comment on Their Youthful Appear
ance---Scenes Before the EXamina-
ton in The Municipal Court.

The examination of Timothy and
Peter Barrett, the young men charged
with the murder of Street Car Driver
Tollefson, on the night of Aug. q, set
for yesterday morning. drew large
crowd of police officials and others to
the municipal court, as sensational de-
velopments were expected. Peter Bar
rett, arrested in Omaha, was brought to
the court room little after o'clock by
Lieut.. Day, of the North Minneapolis
station. As the boy, for he is little else
but boy sat there. he looked little like
murderer. He is a lad of medium
height, somewhat slim, and wore
brown coat buttOned up TO the chin,
almost conceallng blue and gray hick-
DRY shirt. His light checkered pants,
with black patch on the left knee. did
not come to the tops of his shoes, which
had big holes i'll several places. His
sm0oth-shaven, small face looked
white in contrast with his reddish
hair, which was cropped close eX-
cept on the forehead. His small,
narrow eyes rOved from one
face to another, as though seeking SYM
pathy among the crowd. In his red
and chopped hands he kept twisting
down, only to draw from his pocket a
dirty blue silk handkerchief and wipe
his face with it. On his wrists he wore
a pair of red silk wriStets. which he
pulled at nervOuSly.
w. II. DOnahue, the attorney for the
BarrettS. entered the room about $50,
and turning to Assistant City Attorney
Rand. pointed TO Barrett and remarked
SarcaStIcally: There is the terrible
desperate we have been reading so
much about of late. Dangerous looking
man, is he not?" Barrett looked up for
a moment, then smiled slightly and
looked at the floor. 'Humph," ejacu-
lated NJ. Rand. Il would like to meet
about seventeen men like that on a cold
night: it would be any amount of fun"
Timothy Barrett, the Minnehaha high
wayman. entered at this moment, in
charge of Inspector Hoy, and took seat
at the left of Lieut.. Day, who sat next
to Peter Barrett. The father of the two
men came in also, but did not
even look at his sons. His gray hair
and trembling steps made him an
object of sympathy, but he refused
seat that WAS offered, and walked from
one side of the room to the other. At
u O'Clock Judge Bailey assembled TO the
bench. Peter Barrett was first called.
He walked up slowly and stood looking
at the floor while the clerk read the
charge against him. Timothy Barrett
was next arraigned. As the warrant
was read he trcmbled visibly and his
face grew strangely white, but lie
quickly regained his composure and
looked the clerk squarely liz the face.
Before either of them were asked to
plead Attorney DOnahue stood up and
1S M A
he desired that they ShOnld have separ-
ate examinations, ana that he was ready
10 proceed with them. Assistant County
Attorney .|amiSOn said that he was not
ready TO proceed with the examination
and wanted at least ten days, for the
reason that several witnesses, now out
of the city, could not be secured sooner,
and that some facts connected with the
ease had not received proper cOnsidera-
ton, which the police were now pre-
pared to give them. He then read
provision of the statutes, stating that
a magistrate has the right to continue
the examination for period not exceed
ing ten days.
That's all right as far as it goes
answered Judge Bailey. but in this case
tcannot fix any bail. and it is desirable
that the examinations be held as soon
as possible. If it were alone to hunt up
new evidence | should not continue the
case, but as you state there are wit
neSseS who MIST be procured, | guess l
will have to continue it."
This did not suit Mr.. DOnahue, who
wanted an immediate examination, and
he remarked that it seemed to him that
if the officers knew enough to get out
requisitiOn papers they should be ready
to 20 on with the examination. But his
OratOry failed TO make any difference,
and the examinations were continued
for ten days. Mr.. Jamson promising
to bring the matter up earlier if he
could get his witnesses here sooner.